"the washington post." and "the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and miguel, president trump and the white house increasingly focused on the special counsel's investigation. the independent investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications the election is spreading. president trump made that indication in his interview with "the new york times "earlier this week when he talked about robert mueller. and that he could being look into the trump family's finances. the president said he thought that would be outside of the purdview of that. this is increasingly dominated much of the conversation here at t

does it work for him in washington? >> from his point of view, if he can get scouts on this, if he can find one person oen that investigative team who would have to recuse themselves or even sort of resign, i mean that's the sort of thing he takes like a ball and runs down the field with. >> so rather than saying hey, i don't have anything to hide, do your thing. do you think this is coming directly from the president? >> i do. as patrick said classic donald tru trump. beyond having a disregard for the independent power of other institutions, he actually doesn't imagine that people have values and people have a set of believes and even core integrity that would motivate them and drive them to do the job they've been elecced to perform or appointed to perform. it's for him always about gain and everything is a zero sum game. so he's going to try to exploit what he thinks is a vulnerability in the other side. in the case of mueller and i think even those he's brought on to his team who may be donors to democratic candidat

it speeds up the purge, it doesn't mean that there's no one with ties to the washington and the washington establishment, kellyanne conway was a washington pollster prior to her time with president trump and vice president mike pence before. john kelly is someone spent a long time around washington. is but he's not a washington establishment political figure that is reince priebus. he was the olive branch. he was the person cast by folks very nervous about the idea of donald trump being president, republicans very nervous about of idea of donald trump being president, as well, he's got reince in enter and reince brings in sean spicer, katie walsh, a couple of long-time political operatives, the thought was he's going to mix insider and outsider. he's gf to have the steve bannons and his family, jared kushner, ivanka trump. but he's also going to have some of the folks who are known commodities in washington. well six months in, i think donald trump decided that he didn't want to do that any more, he viewed reince priebus as ineffective. most recently because of the inability to get the 50t

try to have decisions in washington. too much disparity within the republican caucus we can't get consensus what the decisions would be and made a basic understanding. it was, let's not make the decisions in washington. give them to the state and the key thing is, this is very important. the states are going to get enough money to be able to deal with this problem. we're working with governors now, in constant communication with several republican governors across the country as is senator graham and cassidy, talking to them, working on the formula, making sure whether you're a state that did expand or a state that didn't expand, you'll be treated fairly and have the opportunity and the resources to be able to provide a great responsible network of care and health insurance for the people in your state. >> first things first. >> this is fundamentally the problem with what they're doing. which is, they are approaching this from an ideological perspective. the federal government program doesn't work. so give all money to t

this report from "the washington post" goes a step further. it says these recordings show kiselak telling his superiors in moscow that he and sessions discussed trump's positions on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia relations back in 2016. and if this is true, it really runs contrary to the attorney general's version of events here. in a statement to cnn, justice department spokesperson sara flores says obviously i cannot comment on the reliability of what anonymous sources describe in a wholly uncorroborated intelligence intercept that "the washington post" has not seen and that has not been provided to me. but the attorney general stands by his testimony from just last month before the senate intelligence committee when he specifically addressed this and said that he, quote, never met with or had any conversations with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. the other issue to keep in mind here, fred, of course, is whether kiselak's recounting of these convers

sean is a creature of washington. sean believes that deeply in you know, the, the process of how things work and thought he could be the most helpful to the president in this way. by hiring anthony scaramucci it essentially makes the point clear which has been emerging, that the president wants to be his own communications director. the president wants to be his own press secretary, and he does not want help from those in washington. this is now more of an outside game. now more of a fight. this is about the russia investigation. this is a much -- much less about the agenda. the writing's been on the wall in many respects. i remember beinging a the vatican end of may, sean spicer slighted not being invited. hoping to be there that day. he was not invited on the trip to paris last week. he has -- been disinvited from the briefing room. i'm told today the phenol straw was, effe the final straw, less what do you know about washington than outside a trump game? walls are tightening in a little bit and more -- people from

as i have said many times, i think he needs to go outside washington. washington failed. now it's time to do what we did in 1996 when we did the last reform on welfare. that is go outside washington, bring in our republican governors from around the country, meet and come up with a solution that drains the swamp, gets the money out of washington, back in the hands of governors. this is something that, in my opinion, should have been done in the beginning. to paraphrase, republicans will do something once they try everything first. get the right solution that worked in the past. donald trump can be the savior here, be the leader in working with republican governors outside of washington to make it happen. >> you have the rick santorum of the world saying buck up fellas and ladies, get to it. get to the business of it and continue fighting to reform the health care system. anna, republicans on the hill, they seem to not be there. they seem ready to move on, move on to tax reform, leave health care, the fight for another day or completely, i don't know. if you look at the pr

>> look at the latest "washington post"/abc news poll. it shows the president's approval rate, the most recent snapshot. the president's approval rating is down. it was 42%. now down to 36%. his disapproval rating now at 58%. keep that in con effeckocon -- . putting this into context, for a republican president, a republican legislature, a -- republicans on the -- in the house and in the senate who have this job to do to get this repeal and replace done, as tom foreman said in a piece, it's right there in front of them. but they haven't done it yet. >> i think this is a critical two, three weeks. as important as the trump/russia thing might be, it's a critical couple of weeks. people wondering what's going to help to me economically, what's going to happen with health care and my job? remember that mitch mcconnell has delayed the recess by two weeks in august. if they cannot get a majority, this effectively shows a paralysis on the basis not only of the white house but also the gop leadership. then you talk about can they get a budget thr

"the washington post." and "the new york times" report attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staff searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the russia probe. sources cite several people familiar where the effort. >> the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told "the post" the president was simply curious agent the reach of his powers. this following earlier attacks on mueller and other officials connected to the investigation. >> with thaul in mind, the president is reshuffling the legal team. the president's long time personal attorney mark castle wits will see his role diminish. washington attorney, john dowd, and another trump lawyer, jay sekulow will take the lead. >> sources say by working outside the white house, dowd and sekulow's relationship will be protected by the same attorney-client relationship of all u.s. citizens. cobb will replace strategist mark kuralo who resigned on thursday. >>> g

oblivious to the turmoil in washington. the nasdaq hitting a record high. the dow and s&p 500, they're down slightly. you know, they're still close to record highs. i'll tell you why in a few minutes. first, to housing. a fascinating number in the housing market. existing home sales fell in june as prices hit record highs. sales of previously owned homes basically have been flat since march. the problem here -- simple supply and demand. demand is surging due to a strong economy, improving job market, new millennial home buyers. but there isn't supply. inventory hasn't caught up. sending the median sales price up 6.5%, 263,800, a record high. many homeowners are staying put as prices rise. first-time home buyers are not finding affordably priced homes. more people are renting. a study finds the more u.s. households are renting now than at any point since 1965. hello, american dream of home homeownership. a majority cite financial reasons. isn't that really interesting? >> yeah. you hear about markets, denver where i'm from, people have to pay cash. >> yeah.

we're going begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the reshuffling of the president's legal team comes around the same time he's sending signals that he's gearing up for a fight against special counsel robert mueller's legal team, citing conflicts with an interview with "the new york times. >> reporter: "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the president's lawyers and aides are lacking to undermine the special counsel's investigation. "the times" says trump's team is skewering the professional and political backgrounds of robert mueller and other investigators, looking for conflicts of interest they can use to discredit the investigation. "the post" also reporting that the president has been asking about his authority to pardon aides, family members, and even himself, in connection with the probe. attorney general jeff sessions refusing to answer questions about whether he's discussed pardons with the president in testimony before congress last month. >> i'm not able t

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in washington. 8:00 p.m. in raqqa, syria. 2:00 a.m. in seoul, south korea. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> we start with a new push from the white house calling it made in america week. like past theme week, the white house looking to change the narrative from the multiple russia story angles to more controllable demoefk and foreign policy issues, but president trump still took time out at least this morning to start tweeting once again. this is what he tweeted. "most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one don junior attended in order to get info on an opponent. that's politics." go to our senior washington were correspondent joe johns over at the white house right now. joe, do we know anything more about when the president's son may actually speak with congressional investigators? >> reporter: wolf, at the moment sounds like a holding pattern from what we've been able to gather.

we have it covered from hamburg, washington, moscow, and seoul. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is friday, july 7th, 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it's one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings of world leaders in decades. this morning president trump sits down with russian president vladimir putin as the g20 summit gets underway in germany. their bilateral meeting comes just a day after president trump said russia should stop its destabilizing activities. minutes later refused to conclude that russia meddled in the u.s. election. >> new cnn reporting this morning says russia has even stepped up its spying efforts in the u.s. more in a moment. >>> for the latest, let's turn to the white house correspondent covering this for us, sara murray, live in hamburg. president trump meets putin face to face in just a few hours. it will be fascinating to see the optics of this meeting. >> reporter: yes, it is a very highly anticipated and will be closely scrutinized. this is expected to be a

cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns live at the white house with more. i'm sure there would be a long line for that job. >> reporter: certainly seems like it, although it could be a challenge once you get it, quite frankly. look, the attorney general we're told was here at the white house yesterday meeting with the white house counsel, but we're also told he and the president did not meet and have not spoken since the president went after jeff sessions, in an interview last week with the "new york times." the new communications director for his part would not answer a question about whether he thinks sessions ought to resign, according to the president's wishes, but he did say the two men need to sit down and talk about what the future looks like. >> mr. president, should jeff sessions resign? [ laughter ] >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions' future at the justice department in question with "the washington post" reporting president trump and his advisers are discussing the possibility of replacing him, despite the fact that he has been one of th

by april, watching the debate in washington, can't blame you. confidence that would happen dropped to 20%. now just 18% of americans think it is likely the president will be able to repeal and replace obamacare. a signature trump promise. one reason the president called republican senators to the white house yesterday and told them try again. in doing so, singled out one very vulnerable republican senator from nevada. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling america that you're fine with obamacare. you didn't go out there. this was the one we were worried about. you weren't there, but you're going to be. you're going to be. [ laughter ] look. he wants to remain a senator. doesn't he? okay. and i think that the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> it didn't work. but i do think for all the criticism of the president, people say he haends been hands on our used his bully pull it, in a strategic way in the health care debate gets points for calming

he and his family seem oblivious to the brutal realities of washington politics. those realities will destroy will trump, his family and their business reputation unless they change their strategy toward the russia probe. they don't have much more time to do it. more quotes to come. what do you think of that? peter? >> radical transparency is a good strategy if actually there's not that much there. right? it's not a good strategy if it turns out actually that there was serious collusion with the russian government. let's not forget, donald trump jr., whatever you want to say about him, actually practiced radical transparency when he released his e-mails. his problem was that the e-mails said i love it. it's collude. that's the problem. so yeah, this is a guy who didn't release his tax returns last year. was that just because he has a philosophical objection or because actually he knew there was something that was there that was going to hurt him. >> scott jennings, as a conservative, as a trump supporter, what do you make of that line, the quote that i just read y

, d.c., this is not just a washington, d.c. thing. it's not just people in washington, d.c. who are sending out hateful internet messages. it's mostly people who live in america, away from washington, d.c. >> i think that's where the twitter thing that crown was talking about comes in handy. the part about twitter. >> it's not just twitter. >> there used to be people who were very much fringe elements out there. there were -- they were generally seen as weird os and they couldn't get main straep attention and if you met them, you could discern that they were weird. now they can make videos, they can create memes. i think they're punching above their weight now. >> go ahead, bakari. >> matt and john just quickly, you blame the media. you blame jack who invented twitter and zuckerberg who invented facebook. you blamed everyone else but when i sit here and ask you, the biggest troll of them all who picks on people daily and bullies people dale who ignites these storms daily, when i ask you why can't the president stand up and say

of "the washington post" story. for his part he has financially supported her organization, the american union fund. also with us scott jennings, maria cardona and jason miller. so adam, first of all, i just want to focus with you. the report about the attorney general, just explain what you are reporting tonight. what's the story? >> so, you know, we reported back in march that when sessions appeared before the senate judiciary committee and was asked the question about, frankly, al franken didn't really ask him that question, but his answer was that he didn't have any contact, communications with the russians, we found out that wasn't the case, that there was a meeting at the rnc on the sidelines of the rnc that he had a meeting with kislyak, and that there was a second meeting in his office in september. we subsequently learned that they were kislyak and sessions attended the same event in april where trump gave his first foreign policy speech. >> i recall. >> we were trying to figure out what were the contents o

and second, the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for trump, 47% for clinton who posted 48.5% on election night. that is well within the poll's margin of error. >>> secret service rejecting a claim by president trump's lawyer that the agency would have pre-presevented anything happening at that last meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. here is jay sekulow claiming nothing happened at the meeting that included several russians and top members of the trump campaign. >> i wonder why the secret service if this was nefarious, why did the secret service let these people in? donald trump jr. himself said things should have been done differently. have rg said that, that is not violation of the law, it is more process. >> problem being this, well, through the president had secret service protection, the president did, but after that interview, the secret service said it had no responsibility to check out participants in the meeting because don jr. was not under its protection at the time. >> the president's personal attorney's lawyer -- or comment, rather

welcome to washington, d.c. it's an honor to be here with you today with so many great american success stories. corner stones of american communities large and small. the members of the national retail federation here at the 83rd annual retail advocates summit. great to see you all. [ applause ] >> i bring greetings this morning from a friend of mine, a businessman who knows a little bit about retail. he's been fighting every day to unleash a new era of american opportunity and prosperity. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [ applause ] >> you know, from the first day of this administration, president trump has been fighting to restore jobs, opportunity and prosperity across the country. this president signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in american history. it's already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year. in fact, the president, early in our administration ordered every age

and let's go to laura jarrett in washington, with more on "the washington post" report. laura, this could be more than just inconvenient political problems for the president. the optics here. could there also be some legal liability? >> well, certainly, this is another development. another piece of the puzzle, victor. attorney general jeff sessions has really been dogged by this news since march that he failed to disclose contacts with russian officials, but this time, "the washington post" reports that u.s. spy agencies picked up on recordings of russian ambassador sergey kislyak, telling his superiors in moscow, that he discussed with sessions trump's position on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia negotiations. back in the race last year. this, of course, completely contrary to the attorney general's version of events and he has denied it. in a statement to cnn, justice department spokesperson sarah fluoresoores says obviously i c comment on the reliability of what anonymous sources describe in a uncorroborated intelligence intercept. but goes on to sa

and now, according to "the washington post," citing unnamed u.s. officials ending the cia program to train and arm moderate syrian rebels fighting pro-regime forces. officially, the official said no peace deal is official without bashar al assad in power. but the u.s. recognizes the reality, he's not going anywhere. ♪ trump has continued barack obama's policies against isis in iraq and syria, letting local forces handle the front line fighting with u.s. adviser, artillery and air power providing usual results. the results, isis has been driven in iraq and same set to happen in the syrian city of ir iraqa. hundreds of thousands were forced to flee no one know how many civilians were killed and isis isn't defeated. as it loses territory it's expected to return to its roots as a deadly insurgency, while still promoting terror around the world. the north korea problem has only grown on trump's watch. if pyongyang pursues its nuclear ambitions recently successfully testing an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, he's focused on build

i still like that he sticks it to the news media, sticks it to washington. does it rise to the level of outrage in trump country? >> i think they will stand by him for many, many, many months. and not to draw parallels between nixon, but it was the same thing with nixon. republicans stayed with nixon deep into the watergate scandal both in terms of rank and file voters as well as lawmakers. and i don't think that's going to change here. >> i was just reading woodward bernstein's book "the final days." one of the points they make is that the republicans stood by nixon basically to the end, and the day he resigned, he was at about 30% in the polls. it wasn't zero. >> right, right. >> so none of our -- fortunately we live in a society where people never agree on everything. you know, and that's okay. >> america's views on russia have changed over the yearsment i mean, obviously from a government standpoint, russia remains an adversary, particularly this government in russia, but americans have seen the relationship evolve and thaw over the years, so for example

that the "washington post" has not seen. and that has not been provided to me. and flores goes on to say, but the attorney general stands by his testimony from last month before the senate intel committee. when he specifically addressed this and said that he never met with or had any conversations with any russians or foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. the other issue is whether kislyak's recounting of these conversations can be trusted, fred. or whether he was exaggerating the substance of what was said for whatever reason. nevertheless, this development comes on the heels of a rocky week for sessions after a very public rebuke by the president who told "the new york times" earlier this week, that if he had known sessions was going to recuse himself from this entire russia probe, he wouldn't have hired him in the first place. fred? >> we'll continue to watch the developments there and all that's taking place out in norfolk, virginia the president of the united states soon to take the podium for the commissioning

according to that abc washington post poll you cited. people were asked if they thought that meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian attorney were appropriate. 63% say they disapprove, that meeting was inappropriate. 23% approve of that meeting. it's a story not likely to go away any time soon. part of the reason it's not going away any time soon is because of these three investigations. the house senate committee looking into ties between the russians and the trump campaign. you had two lawmakers calling for donald trump jr. and others in that meeting to testify under oath. here's senator mark warner and susan collins. >> i would like to hear from all these individuals whether we'll be able to get the russian nationals to come over and testify is an open question. those people that they have jurisdiction over, i want to talk to to all of them. >> we need to get to the bottom of this, the only way we're going to do it is to talk to donald trump jr. and everyone who was involved in that meeting. that may be difficult in the case of

. >>> ty cobb is powerful washington, d.c. defense attorney. he is now expected to oversee the white house response to the russia investigation. >> we are going to repeal and replace obamacare. >> republican senator john mccain recovering from eye surgery will not perform any official duties all next week. >>> donald trump was in paris this week. he met the french president's macron's wife and said you are in such great shape. if ed that to you, would you be flattered or offended? >> i be taken aback. i wonder if she could say the same of him? >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> i hope sunday is good to you today. thank you for spending some time with us this morning here. we are talking about a lot of things when it comes to washington. the russian scandal, the intense battle over health care. stalling the president's agenda. and taking a hefty toll, it seem, on the president's approval rating. >> according to a new poll from "the washington post" and abc news 36% of likelily voters say president trump is

they included seattle, chicago, washington, new york, boston. i was assigned to the new york office in 2005. our squad was responsible for the new york area. couples. the one thing to understand is if one of these cases went down, it had the potential to affect all the rest of them. >> so it was imperative that we kept all the field offices connected to each other. todd and myself, our job was to set kind of a national level strategy so that each field office understood the trends, what was happening with one couple was pertinent to another couple. >> in 2003, i became an agent, graduated from the academy, and was assigned to the boston field office. we had a front row seat to the sbr's most highly valued program. >> we had identified the murphys, heath field, lazard, zottoli. in each and every case, the fbi used all of the tools in its toolbox to learn as much as they can about their residents, their habits. physical surveillance including clandestine searches was conducted. >> we started covert entries into the residences. the goal was to find

moon, president moon came to washington and tried to show that there's no daylight in washington to the north, but, of course, there is. of course, president moon by saying military option is off the table, we're not going to pursue aggressive approach. we're not seeking regime change. he's just talking about the extreme end that we're not going to do but i think those presidents are divergent in -- because president trump is all about maximum pressure with financial sanctions and other pressure means. and president moon wants more open approach, potential dialogue and engagement with north korea. >> do you think that direct dialogue between the u.s. and north korea is even possible? >> well, if you want to talk about denuclearization, i think that's off the table. i think it's very unrealistic for to us think that north korea will return to the talks now to talk about denuclearization. perhaps it in the future, but i think it's a very unlikely scenario. >> sue mi terry appreciate your insight so much. thanks for being here. >> the efforts to repeal and replace obamacare will obviously

the second is the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for a trump, 47% for hillary who posted 48.5% on election night, well within the poll's margin of error. >>> also this morning, the secret service rejected a claim by president's lawyer that the agency would have prevented anything questionable from happening that the meeting last june between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. secret service says it had no responsibility to check out participants in the meeting because doon junin jr. was not the president was not aware of the meeting and not engaged in it. that got a skeptical response from mark warner. all this came after we learned that yet another person attended that meeting. russia american lobbyist rinat akhmetshin. we've now learned eight people were at the meeting, a significant jump from the four we were told were originally there when don jr. said that is everything. >>> plenty to get to this morning. joining us eugene scott. good morning. let's talk about this sekulow/secret service issue because that was clearly the point of the administration. t

this is not what normally happens in washington, d.c. particularly on capitol hill. these votes usually go exactly the way that leadership in the senate plans them to go. but that's not what happened here tonight. and this vote has been in doubt for some time. mitch mcconnell has tried every which way to get some form of obamacare repeal on the floor that would just get 50 republican votes. that's all he needed to get it passed, and he has been turned down at every single opportunity, and the most dramatic being tonight. and the person at the center of this drama was senator john mccain, this after coming into washington quite dramatically at the beginning of the week after learning of a diagnosis of an aggressive form of brain cancer. he came all the way to washington to be involved in it this process, to cast a ballot in this situation. he initially voted to move the vote to the floor. but gave a dramatic speech saying that they needed to find more bipartisanship and work together. and when the process wasn't heading in the direction he wanted it to, he was the per

partisan runs deep in washington. but that is now on the table. >> interesting. president are president trump plaming t blaming the swamp. and relive in an era when everyone mocks washington insiders but the ultimate outsierd president could have benefitted from some insider knowledge. trump seemed to have almost no idea about legislation process worked. >> how surprise are you that this president seems to little about how the sift el works? >> not that he doesn't know about it, he is not even trying to learn about it. presidents who are successful start to understand, what are the motives that interest senate and they have some respect for congress if they try to push legislation, meaning give confrence work to work out deals and work out the problems that exist in any piece of legislation and they usually support members of their own party as they try to do correspondents things. and the president hasn't done any of that and he has shown a kind of disdane for the legislative process which doesn't work well in washington. so he is paying the cost of some of that

here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. right now we're standing by to hear from the white house. you're looking at live pictures coming in from the briefing room where the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will brief reporters laters think hour. live coverage of that and certainly hit with questions on several major fronts. one will be the ongoing debate and the expected votes coming up over health care. president trump has kept up the pressure on republicans in the senate. once again, tweeting today and i'm quoting him "don't let the american people down." all of this while a now deleted tweet from the white house

and the republican agenda here in washington by focusing on what they're calling made in america week. the first of three themed weeks here going forward in these summer weeks ahead. but there were some questions about the trump brand and where some of their products are coming from. from ivanka trump's blouses, some are made in bangladesh to the president's shirts and ties, some are made in china, other places. so, the white house was defending that. wolf, i can tell you it was quite the sight as we are seeing pictures of the president climbing into that fire truck on the south lawn of the white house. he said at one point, where's the fire? i'll put it out. but it is the smoke from the russia investigation the white house is trying to get beyond. and the white house is also focusing on health care. so, the president this afternoon was explaining why the health care vote is not happening this week. of course, john mccain, republican of arizona, recovering from surgery he had over the weekend. now, john mccain has been one of the biggest skeptics and critics of this white house. but t

the news from the washington post is a bomb shell. reporting the president is looking to his power to pardon his aides, his family a

>> they see him as a newcomer to washington who has received a lot of bad advice and has been mistreated by republicans on the hill. whether they are right about that or not, i do think if you sort of play off the next couple steps of this, listen to what the president has been saying about congress over the weekend, you can see we're potentially headed for a pretty big collision between the forces behind the president and the more conventional leaders on capitol hill who want to continue to do things their way. >> margaret, john kelly, general kelly, he's the guy who is going to fix everything starting today at 9:30 when he gets sworn in before this cabinet meeting, right? >> right, right. no pressure, but by noon everything should be completely in order. there are a couple of questions, and one is how much has he already negotiated or how much will he be able to lock down with the president in terms of who reports directly to him, what ability he has to be a gatekeeper in and out of the oval office, both physically and kind of in general. but also, does the president want more of a pee

and we have to take a step back from the rhetoric that we see in washington. and really delve down into the policies and really what is frustrating, fredricka, is we got no democrat support. no democrat help in fixing a law that they actually gave the american people before i got to washington. >> having the democrats said they're not interested in repealing it, they would be willing to help fix the existing plan. >> well again, that's exactly what we did in the house. there was a fix. when you repeal and replace something as simple as a letter or a word in a bill. that is a fix. we fixed it. i'm not going to get into a rhetorical debate where democrats show no willinged in to try and actually positively change, fix, repeal, replace, whatever you want it call it. they've done nothing to actually help us fix a law that has left 60 million americans without coverage or coverage that they can't afford to use. that's an abdication of their responsibility, as an elected official and they have walked away and they have stood up and just complained about a process th

this is today in washington. friday, august 9th. the nation awaits the swearing in at noon eastern time of our 38th president, gerald ford, and the departure from political life of richard m. nixon. he and his family are expected to leave by air to their home in california later this morning, and we expect to see their departure from the white house. >> in departing the presidency, richard nixon is leaving us with one notable legacy -- proof that the american system does work, that there is equal justice under the law and that public office must always be regarded as a public trust. ♪ >> i walked out to the helicopter where the old man gave the double v, putting the best face on the worst moment of his life. trying to show he was not broken. and so i'm going in the helicopter and take off for the last time. it was over. >> we think that when we suffer a defeat that all has ended. not true. because only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. so i say to you on

called washington. so it will be virtually impossible to get rid of every leak. but i think we can take dramatic steps to get rid of leaks. one of the big problems here that i'm discovering in the comstein is that senior people are doing the leaking, and they're asking junior people to do the leaking. i'm proud to be reporting to the president to seal off the coms team from this sort of nonsense. >> that drew this response from the department of justice. "we have seen an astonishing number of leaks in the classified national security information in the recent months. we agree with anthony that the staggering number of leaks are undermining the ability of our government to function and to protect this country." >> after all this went down, scaramucci deleted the initial tweet and sent this one -- "wrong! tweet was public notice to leakers that all senior administration officials are helping to end the legal leaks." again, he tagged priebus. we reached out and found that scaramucci does want reince priebu

the stage is set and the participants are now beginning to arrive here in the washington area. president carter, egyptian president anwar sadat and president begin will sit down in the solitude of camp david. >> failure here would increase the impression that is being reflected in the public opinion polls that mr. carter is a nice man but inept president. >> there are hundreds of reporters here, interviewing each other. what the three are discussing whether the talks are friendly, intense, we don't know because of unprecedented secrecy. >> by the end of the second day, rosalynn says you could hear them screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. carter had to physically separate them. block them from leaving. >> the middle east summit at camp david is a week old and no official word on how the talks are going but how they might end. their length has given rise to reports of a stalemate. >> carter had a photograph of the three men and made up copies for begin's nine grandchildren and signed each of them, "love jimmy carter." very reluctantly, caer went back to see begin.

president trump is back in washington, d.c. after meeting with world leaders at the g-20 summit and finding himself alone on the issue of climate change. other g-20 members reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord. the french president macron says he will hold a summit in december to move the accord forward. >>> and in syria, a partial ceasefire set to go into effect in less than an hour's time. russia, u.s. and jordan agreed to a deescalation zone. secretary of state says the cease fire ig fire is the first indication that u.s. and russia can work together on the syrian crisis. >>> and iraq is close to declaring the final victory against isis in mosul. soldiers were already celebrating on saturday. isis says its fighters are pledging to fight to the death. >>> new to the u.s. state of arizona, dozens of people there are dead due to the scorching heat in that state. health officials say the high temperatures have led to five deaths in one county alone. and now they are investigating at least 57 others that may ha

congressman john delanie told "the washington post" this. well, let's see if he is ready for this discussion. he is with us now. congressman john delanie of maryland. 2020 presidential candidate. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you are pushing this line closer and closer to the previous election. most important question why do you want to be president? >> i want to be president because i don't think we are having the most important conversation we need to be having as a country which is about the future. i think the world is changing very rapidly, technology, automation and global interconnections and incredibly powerful forces and changing our economy and the nature of war. we need to think differently about our resources and our security threats and i think so much of our debate in politics is backward looking where we are relitigating the past and fighting about things we have been fighting about for decade. i'd like a more future focused orientation to the presidential debate and to our leadership and so that is one reason. the

he was in the room lives here in washington, is well known within the washington circle. he has, at times, registered as as lobbyist on behalf of the russian government, something to do with sanctions and he has lobbied on behalf of the russian government and he is also connected to this russian attorney through the act which she has been lobbying to have overturned. this has to do with sanctions against russia. he had connections to her. he did tell the associated press he was there, but, you know, the meeting sort of wasn't that big of a deal. you know, he thought it would be more serious. it turned into other issues were discussed. he basically is down playing the meeting at this point. >> that would be no surprise. are there any ties -- there is some reporting that senator chuck grassley described him as having ties to intelligence in the past. what is the reporting on that? >> reporter: there are court documents that allege he has ties to the russian government. it depends on who you talk to. some folks say he's not that big of a player, but he is a washington guy. h

here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moz cow and 8:00 p.m. in erbil as well. whenever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. >>> up next, if you questions about a meeting between a russian and the trump campaign. donald trump jr. gave two statements that

and -- seeing like washington were looking the other way. but on the day of the march, on the day of the march. the march was all over. president kennedy invited us down to the white house. and he stood in the door of the oval office. beaming like a proud father. and he kept saying -- yo did a good job, you did a good job. and when he got to dr. martin luther king jr. he said you did a good job. you had a dream. >> the mississippi freedom summer. you, you, write in your book that you were inviting college students down from the north. mostly white students. not exclusively, and one of the reasons was that you felt and the leaders of the movement felt that if, if young white people were threatened in the way that, that, you would have been threatened and others had been threatened that it would -- it would shock the nation. it would get more attention. even before the mississippi summer you, lost -- three, three young men. two were from the north, white, what impact did that have on history. that was an unbelievable dark moment in the struggl

this is according to the "washington post," based on information intercepted by u.s. spy agencies. sessions has repeatedly said he never discussed campaign-related issues with russian officials. >> it's important for people to keep in mind, this, again, is kislyak's version of events. sessions, as you just showed very clearly, has sort of changed his accounts as we've gone through the months, from basically saying there were no meetings initially, to the meetings weren't about the campaign, to the meetings were not about collusion or coordination. so, you know, again, either he doesn't recall, clearly, what they are, and maybe shouldn't have said what he said initially, or he is not telling us the full account. >> a department of justice spokesperson responded to the story in a statement saying, in part, the attorney general stands by his testimony from just last month, before the senate intelligence committee when he specifically addressed this and said he never met with or had any conversations with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with an

suzanne malveaux in washington, thank you very much. joining me now to discuss cnn political analyst abby phillip and michael burns, and former special assistant to robert mueller now special counsel when he was at the department of justice, thank you very much for being here. michael, to you, since you have vast legal expertise in this and because of your experience working with mueller, the news out of "the washington post" that the president's attorney this morning is calling nonsense is that, look, the president was talking with aides and others within the white house and saying what are my options when it comes to pardoning aides, family members, even myself if necessary. some of the reporting we have now from our reporters is that he was just having this conversation trying to find out what his authority is. you say this is fiercely debated but this is an unresolved legal question. isn't it really? >> well, it's not unresolved whether or not he can pardon his friends and family members -- >> but himself. >> -- that he can do. as t

that doesn't necessarily cut the bread for everybody in washington, d.c. he actually probably is going to open the can for more questions about what all these meetings, what occurred during these meetings. >> he went into great detail confirming what a lot of his associates earlier said was fake news. he confirmed all of those meetings. dana, what do you make of his style and his defense? a very lengthy statement made public, that he was a novice to politics, had no government experience, he was a real estate guy, a business guy. what do you make of that defense? >> it's the aw shucks defense. i'm new at this, we didn't have this establishment or the people around us who maybe we should have or could have had we been a more traditional campaign. i think it's the best that he can do, and i'm sure it also has a lot of threads of truth to it, that at the didn't have a really good sense that kislyak the ambassador from russia going and saying, oh, maybe you should come to the embassy and have a conversation with russia about syria is a good idea. regardless, t